Epidemiology and clinical characteristics of GERD in the Japanese population

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 518-534

  Fujiwara, Yasuhiro ^a   Arakawa, Tetsuo ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Gastric atrophy; Gastroesophageal reflux disease; Hiatal hernia; Non erosive reflux disease

Indexed keywords

PEPSINOGEN; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGE; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ASTHMA; ATROPHY; BODY MASS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DUODENUM ULCER; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ERADICATION THERAPY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GERIATRICS; HEARTBURN; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LUNG FUNCTION; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEPTIC ULCER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; STOMACH ATROPHY; STOMACH ULCER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ASTHMA; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; JAPAN; PEPTIC ULCER; PREVALENCE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 67449088166     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-009-0047-5     Document Type: Review

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